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Originally Posted by JPhillips
There's plenty of research that shows people are much more likely to ascribe positive motives to people more like them and much more inclined to ascribe negative motives to people less like them.
We're all susceptible to this. That's why it's important to realize that to some extent, yes, you probably are racist.
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Racist is probably not the right word for that. It's prejudice. It's something we all do.
Racist implies someone thinks they're better than the other based on race. I don't think the phenomenon we're talking about is about that a lot of the time. It's more about the preconceived ideas, usually backed by confirmation bias, that flavor your interactions.